Ian Ailles Ian Ailles was the Director General of the House of Commons, House of Commons Commissioner and Chair of the Commons Executive Board. Expand Ian has worked in complex, customer facing organisations, in both the public and private sectors. He is a qualified accountant and has worked in a wide range of service industries in the UK and Overseas. The majority of his career has been in the travel and leisure industries, performing CEO, MD, COO and CFO roles with listed UK and US companies. Outside the travel industry he has held executive, non-executive and consultancy roles for charities, start-up ventures and large organisations in sectors including the NHS, education, care homes, IT and banking. He continues to hold a number of non executive roles. Ian holds the post as Chairman at Haven House. Ian lives in Hertfordshire and is married with two daughters.
Matt Barrett Matt is a solicitor and notary public based in Buckhurst Hill. Expand Matthew is a solicitor and notary public based in Buckhurst Hill. Whilst his professional background lends itself to assisting with legal and regulatory compliance at Haven House, his initial involvement with the hospice was in relation to fundraising and community engagement and that remains his passion.
Simon Boston Simon is Treasurer of Haven House and chairs the Finance and Resources Committee. Expand Simon has been a chartered accountant for 20 years, having spent several years at PwC before taking on a number of financial and commercial roles in industry. He has spent the last 10 years as a CFO in multi-site businesses in both the restaurant sector and more recently at a fast-growing flexible workspace business.
Rachel Brodie Rachel decided to become a trustee due to her personal connection to Haven House. Rachel’s son Isaac was born in 2016 with a mass on his brainstem that was sadly untreatable and incurable. Expand Rachel Brodie has recently joined our board. Rachel’s career has seen her work in educational publishing and for the last seven years in large-scale B2B exhibitions and conferences. Her current role is Portfolio Director, Education at Hyve Group. Rachel decided to become a trustee due to her personal connection to Haven House. Rachel’s son Isaac was born in 2016 with a mass on his brainstem that was sadly untreatable and incurable. Rachel and her husband Steven spent Isaac’s precious final days together at Haven House. Rachel hopes that her personal experience with our hospice will enable her to share helpful insights into the future development of the support services we offer to carers. Rachel will also be a familiar face around the hospice meeting regularly with families at our coffee mornings. “I became a trustee because I am passionate about community engagement and because Haven House holds a special place in my heart. I am keen to support the wonderful Haven House team as they continue to grow, develop and shape the future of care. The care that we received from Haven House throughout Isaac's short life was absolutely wonderful, and it's hard to put into words just how much of a difference this made to us, transforming an absolutely impossible time into something bearable and, at times, truly incredible. We were able to spend Isaac's last hours in private together, holding him close, singing to him, praying for him and making sure he knew he was loved and cherished more than anything. I hope my personal experience, together with my professional experience, means I can be a supporter, advisor, challenger and advocate for the hospice and contribute to its future success.”
Will Cooke Will combines years of strategic marketing & communications with first-hand lived experience of the vital service that Haven House provides to families. Expand Will combines years of strategic marketing & communications with first-hand lived experience of the vital service that Haven House provides to families. Haven House has helped care for his son Dylan, who is one of only a handful of children who suffer from a rare neurodegenerative and severely life-limiting condition called Sandhoff disease. The family has built close bonds with Haven House across respite, mental health support, yoga, music, hydrotherapy, as well as finding a much loved community of peers. Professionally he has helped some of the world's biggest and best loved brands craft award winning and attention worthy marketing campaigns. As a strategist he's constantly searching for the insight that will make a meaningful difference to business, brand and audience. He has served on management boards for several global communication agencies and brings a truly integrated mindset with experience across paid, earned and owned marketing channels.
Jonathan Harding Jon is a Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank, where he heads Emerging Markets Institutional Rates Sales in the Financial Markets division. Expand He has held numerous Sales and Trading management roles over a career that spans more than 20 years and has previously worked at Nomura International, RBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston. Jon currently chairs the Income Generation and Marketing Committee and brings with him a strong financial background and City contacts. Originally from North West England, Jon has lived locally since he graduated and has three children. He is a keen cyclist.
Lucy Mavers Lucy is Head of Not for Profit Appointments at an Executive Search agency and has been recruiting C suite, board and senior leadership roles for over 12 years. Expand Lucy is Head of Not for Profit Appointments at an Executive Search agency and has been recruiting C suite, board and senior leadership roles for over 12 years. She works extensively in the hospice and broader health and social care sectors, providing consultancy, advice and recruitment assistance to boards and senior leadership teams across the UK. Lucy joined the Haven House board as a trustee in 2023 and sits on the Integrated Service Development Committee. She grew up in South Woodford and lives locally with her partner & son.
Dee Mullner Dee lives locally and is a senior Human Resources professional with over 19 years working in the NHS. Expand Dee lives locally and is a senior Human Resources professional with over 19 years working in the NHS. Her current appointment is with Barts Health NHS Trust where she leads on Trust HR policies, overseeing employee relations cases, working in partnership with trades unions, leading on freedom to speak up and running the Trust’s mediation service. Her specialist area of interest is in coaching and training line managers.
Liesbeth Newman Liesbeth is a retired investment professional, having worked for over twenty years in the City. Expand Liesbeth is a retired investment professional, having worked for over twenty years in the City. Since retiring from finance, she has been involved in the charitable space, with a focus on helping children whose circumstances require specialist care. Previously she has done volunteer work for the Chigwell Riding Trust, and she is now Vice-Chair of the board of governors of New Rush Hall School. She has a keen interest in health, fitness and wellbeing.
Mohamed Omer Mohamed has been actively involved with community work in East London for the last 15 years. Expand Mohamed is a Finance Director for the software solutions company Intellicomms Solutions Ltd. He is also a consultant for Hysen International, a company providing banking solutions in West Africa. He is currently involved with various charities including as a board member of External Affairs for the Gardens of Peace Muslim Cemetery. Based in Hainault, Essex, this is the largest dedicated Muslim Cemetery in Europe with a capacity for 10,000 graves and burials in accordance with Islamic Shariah. He is a trustee of The Social Enterprise Loan Fund – an organisation funding Social Enterprises that are not able to obtain funding from banks. He is also a Muslim representative on the Burial Cremation and Advisory Group at the Ministry of Justice. Mohamed has been actively involved with community work in East London for the last 15 years and has been the Vice Chair of Oaks Park High School in Ilford for the last 14 years.
Stuart Rose Stuart has chaired a number of consumer businesses mostly for Private Equity investors. Expand Stuart has chaired a number of consumer businesses mostly for Private Equity investors. Current chairmanships are Cass Art and RMS International.
Ghislaine Stephenson Ghislaine has worked within the NHS as a registered adult and child nurse for her whole career spanning over 30 years. Expand Ghislaine remains passionate about caring for patients and their families and ensuring the delivery of high quality safe care. She has held senior nurse leadership posts in hospitals in North London since 2004. Ghislaine currently works as the Associate Director of Nursing for Children and Young People at Whipps Cross. She works professionally with the Team at Haven House for children and their families with life-limiting and life threatening conditions and values the care they deliver. She hopes her professional experience will be of value to the Trustees.